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Summary

We need a logo and some graphic design for our new card game.

Company name

Morrigan

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Hi !
We need a logo for our new card game.
More than that, i would like to find a final design for ours cards. The logo will be on the back of all the cards.
Back of the cards
The back is the brand name of the game "Morrigan". Consider it like a logo design that must fit the card. Keep in mind that it'll be used on other format (website, flyers...). The graphical theme of the game is a distorted arthurian myth view. So please, try to respect it.
Front of the cards
There are 5 different types of cards that must be recognized easily :
- Territory
- Opponent
- Equipment
- Challenge
- Action pointEach card is set to a level between 1 and 5. So an equipment card lvl 4 would be better than one of lvl 1.
See the files below for more description...
Each card (but the action point cards, see below) have a name, a type and a value on their face.
Action point cards are special cards (the most common) that have no pictures on them. As for the other cards, their level is between 1 and 5. The thing special about them is that they must be stackable (think about the "Solitaire" Card game); you put them under another card and let a bit of them visible. This bit must show the value of the action card.
The idea is to embed something nicely within the illustrations as it's the most important thing in the card while maintaining it very readable and understandable.
The cards are approximately 3.5 inches high and 2.5" wide (poker sized).
You can find a package with some illustrations of the game to work with and some examples from other card games on this adress :http://www.greencavern.com/morrigan.zip
Here is the visual concept of what i want :http://www.greencavern.com/concept_visual.jpg

The winning design must be given in PSD format with a resolution of 300 DPI minimum in a size of 10 times the normal size of the cards.
I'll try to be very reactive during this contest so feel free to ask questions.
I'll include a finalized game as a bonus for the winner after the game is published...
And... sorry for my english ! ;o)

Wants

- Nice reusable logo
- Design must fit the theme
- Design musn't hide the card illustration
- Design must be very understandable on any illustration